My little girl is so sick!!
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| Mon, 02-05-2007 - 8:40pm |
We've had a rough day! Jenna started that barky croupy cough in the night last night, and has been running a fever today. I have actually never seen her so out of it. She is just pathetic!! I feel so bad for her, it's so hard to see, your heart just breaks, because she's so little. She's usually full of energy, and all she's done is lie around on the couch holding her favorite stuffed leopard. She has the droopy eyes and dark circles under her eyes, and she hasn't eaten anything. But the worst is that horrible barky cough. It just hurts me to hear that!!
Michael got some Advil down her, but it was a huge fight and she had a huge cry. She hates meds! I can't even get them into her. The saddest thing was, she hardly had a voice to cry with :(
Before the Advil, her temperature was 102!!
Michael is also really really sick. He's burning up and looks totally out of it, says his head and muscles hurt and his chest is tight. He was also up all night working last night. It's really sweet, though, because he took her up to her bed, and lay down with her, and the 2 of them are sleeping, and she's lying across his chest with his arms around her. They look sooo cute together! I hope he sleeps with her all night like that so he can monitor her breathing.
We all had a flu shot. This is not the flu. He said she has viral croup, and that he has the same thing most likely, but it's croup in her because her airways are so small. For him, it's just a regular respiratory virus. He said if her cough gets any worse, he'll give her a nebulizer treatment. She'll love that (NOT!!) Talk about a fight!
Oh, and for all you moms with kids who get croup, he told me today that the steamy shower thing only works to a point, and is really not that effective. That it might loosen their cough a little bit, but it's really more to give the parents something to do. WTH?? He'd never told me that before, and BOTH of us have sat in a steamy shower with our kids with croup before! Hmm. . .
Anyway, I guess I'm joining the ranks of Mommies With Sick Babies! :(



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OH, your poor family!!!
I hope everyone gets to feeling better soon.
Good to see you September! Stay here!!!!!
Chrissy
(((((((HUGS)))))))) and prayers!!!!!
((((HUGS)))) Sofia!
Thank you all SOOOO MUCH!! Reading this after the 2 days I had today and yesterday actually made my eyes fill up with tears! You all have no idea how much your overwhelming response of support, positive thoughts, vibes and prayers mean to me. You are truly, truly the best friends in the world!
And all your prayers and well wishes worked, too, because my precious little girl was sooo much better tonight! I am just so relieved!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
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